Adam Shaw and Rocky, an eight-year-old husky and Labrador retriever mix, were recognized by Edmonton Fire
Rescue on Monday for their heroic actions. Shaw and Rocky saved two girls from the North Saskatchewan River
over the weekend. Ryan Tumilty/metro

After rescuing a six- and a nineyear-old girl from the icy North
Saskatchewan River on Sunday,
a “starving” Adam Shaw and
his dog Rocky each enjoyed a
hamburger.
The meal was well deserved
after a simple afternoon walk
turned into a dramatic river
rescue for the 27-year-old and
his pooch.
Shaw, his wife and two
young children were walking
on Sunday afternoon when the
family heard screams coming
from below, near the Rundle

Quoted

“He wouldn’t ever let
somebody be in need
and not help. That’s how
Adam is.”
Kelsey Shaw after her husband Adam rescued
2 girls from the North Saskatchewan River.

Park footbridge.
They looked down to see
a girl floating in the river and
another child trying to help her
out. Shaw yelled at the girls to
stay put as his wife called 911
and he ran to the river.
By the time Shaw and
Rocky reached the children,
the second girl was also in the
water and Shaw was able to
pull her out.
Rocky and Shaw then set
to work pursuing the girl
who had “floated quite a ways
down the river” and was in

obvious distress.
Both dog and man fell in
the water while in pursuit and
eventually Rocky swam to the
girl, who managed to grab hold
of his leash.
He swam her back to the
shoreline where Shaw pulled
both the girl and his heroic dog
onto the ice.
The group was soon met by
Edmonton Fire Rescue.
“I just really didn’t want to
fail … I really wanted to save
them,” Shaw said on Monday.
A day after the dramatic
river rescue, the pair were
hailed as heroes and presented
an honorary helmet and a big
bone by Edmonton Fire Rescue.
Shaw’s wife of nearly seven
years, Kelsey Shaw, said her
husband’s heroic actions were
not surprising.
“He wouldn’t ever let somebody be in need and not help.
That’s how Adam is,” she said.

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Will he or won’t he run again?
Major decision.
Mayor’s announcement
will trigger start of
election season

ryan.tumilty@metronews.ca

Months of speculation will end
Tuesday and election season
may begin in earnest as Mayor
Stephen Mandel makes an announcement on his political
future.
Mandel is expected to announce at Tuesday’s State of
the City speech whether he
will run for another term in
the fall election.
While he would rather the
mayor stuck around, Coun.
Bryan Anderson said he expects the mayor will announce
he won’t run again.
“I would be delightfully
surprised if he decided to run,”
said Anderson.
He said Mandel has accomplished or set in place many of
things he set out to do, like LRT
expansion, social housing and

• Mayor Stephen Mandel is
coming to the end of his
third term, after ﬁrst being
elected in 2004. He served
one term as a councillor
from 2001 to 2004.
• After a change to
provincial law, municipal
councillors will be elected
to four-year terms starting
this year.
• Metro will have an update
on metronews.ca as soon
as the mayor makes his
announcement, which is
expected around noon.

elevating arts and culture.
“I think the things that
he thought were important
have been pretty well put into
place.”
Coun. Ben Henderson is
less sure about what the mayor
will announce.
“Prior to the last election
he changed his mind several
times,” he said.
Henderson said the decision

Mayor Stephen Mandel, seen here during a year-end interview last year, will announce Tuesday whether he will
seek another term in office. METRO FILE

is a personal choice for Mandel.
“I think the city has moved
forward pretty significantly in
his time, but whether or not he
has it in him for more is really

up to him.”
Henderson said if Mandel
is out, it is going to have a big
impact on the coming election.
“It would make for a wider

race, and as a result you will
see colleagues that might not
have otherwise been competing with each other begin to
compete.”

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TUMILTY

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Truck and train crash leaves one dead

Police officers investigate a fatal collision at 71 Street and Girard Road
between a truck and a train on Monday morning. ANNALISE KLINGBEIL/METRO

A 60-year-old man was killed
after the pickup truck he was
driving was struck by a CP
train in southeast Edmonton
on Monday morning.
The crash happened at
71 Street and Girard Road
around 8 a.m., according to
police.
The pickup truck was
travelling south on 71 Street
at the same time a three-engine locomotive was travelling west through 71 Street.
The driver of the truck
was pronounced dead at the

the crash.
At this time there are no
indicators to suggest alcohol, excessive speed, or road
• No one on the CP train
surface conditions contributwas physically injured in
the collision.
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to police.
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Ideas to preserve city’s
Church Street up for review

Annual event

Edmonton
festival will unite
poet laureates
For the first time ever,
more than a dozen poet
laureates who work for
cities across the country
will be in the same place
at the same time, at the
Edmonton Poetry Festival.
The poet laureate is an
ancient European tradition that’s recently been
revived by municipalities
across the world, including several in Canada.
In total, 14 poet laureates from cities including
Vancouver, Halifax, Windsor, Ont. and Toronto, are
scheduled to attend the
festival, which runs from
April 21 to April 28.
The annual festival is a
chance for Edmontonians
to celebrate poetry in the
city, said Rayanne Doucet,
executive director of the
festival.
Doucet said the event
offers a “huge range of
different things,” for attendees including spoken
word events, stage poetry
and slam competitions.
The poet laureates will
attend two public events,
including a cultural
forum that will question if poet laureates are
relevant.
Doucet said the role of
poet laureate allows an
artist to engage citizens
in a different way.
“Especially in this day
in age, it’s important
to have an ambassador
for the arts,” she said.

Project proposals.
Draft summary of
consultation to be
viewed by public,
then city councillors
heather
mcintyre

heather.mcintyre@metronews.ca

Nestled in Edmonton’s McCauley neighbourhood, a significant collection of religious
buildings stand within a five
block strip.
Known as Church Street,
96 Street between 105 Avenue
and 111 Avenue, is home to
12 churches representing a
broad range of denominations and architectural styles,
with another 10 in the surrounding area.
Following interest from
city council last summer to
look at options to revitalize
and promote the street, extensive public consultation
has occurred over the last
number of months. Now a
draft summary of the findings
is ready for an open house
Wednesday.
“There’s an overwhelming consensus that there’s
support for recognition of
this area as being significant
in some manner,” said city
heritage planner David Holdsworth.

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Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples is one of 12 churches that dot 96 Street northeast of downtown. Metro file

menting plaques and a wayfinding system; putting in
character street lamps; using
park, street and church space
for festival opportunities; providing options for public art,
as well as theatre and studio
space; and even introducing
a tree-lined boulevard layout.
After the open house, the
information will be delivered
to city council’s executive
committee April 29, at which
time there will be discussions

“They came up with a
series of recommendations
ranging from landscaping to
possible incentives to help
businesses or festival activities on the street,” he added.
“So ... we’ve distilled a lot of
that into the key recommendations, and we’re basically
now asking the stakeholders:
Did we get this right? Is this
what we heard? And can you
prioritize it?”
Ideas
include:
imple-

about which projects are immediate, short-term and longterm.
“I think it’s exciting,”
said Holdsworth. “It’s a great
street.”
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Athabasca River. Search
called off for man who
tried to help snowmobiler
Rescue workers from Edmonton and Whitecourt have halted the search for a man who
went missing in the Athabasca
River Saturday night.
The search was called off
late Sunday, said Whitecourt
RCMP Staff Sgt. Rodney Koscielny.
The missing man has been
identified as Dale Lyle by family
on social media.
Five men from the Edmonton area were snowmobiling
near Whitecourt on Saturday,
when one man tried to run his
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metronews.ca
Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Local girl, 12, passes on her
wish to the humane society

Concerted effort

Pay it forward. Sidney
uses her wish from
Make-A-Wish for
animals at shelter

Police called in STARS, an
RCMP helicopter and the
Edmonton Fire Rescue
Services water rescue unit
to help with the search.

Ryan
Tumilty

ryan.tumilty@metronews.ca

said police. Police found what
they believe to be that man’s
body Sunday.
Lyle, who tried to help but
was also dragged into the river,
remains missing. METRO

Former premier

Life will take place at the Jack
Singer Concert Hall on Friday.
Klein’s family was offered a
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Humane
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Friday. Metro
The public Celebration of

Celebration of
Klein’s life set for
Friday in Calgary

Foundation to bring treats and toys to the shelter. Ryan Tumilty/metro

A little girl used a wish from
the Make-A-Wish Foundation
to make the lives of shelter
animals at the Edmonton Humane Society a little brighter
on Monday.
Sidney, 12, whose family
does not want her last name
used, arrived at the humane
society by limousine and went

on a shopping spree at the society’s store before handing
out items to shelter animals.
Sidney said she really wanted to help out the animals.
“I love them. I think it is
important that animals have
a nice place to stay until they
find their home, too,” she
said.
Cathy Gabucci, CEO of
the Make-A-Wish Foundation
of Northern Alberta said the
wish Sidney asked for was different and very special to staff.
“All wishes are unique, but
this one is super unique, because it’s not every day that
a child wishes to give back
to the community with her
wish.”
Sidney’s mother Miaoping
said Sidney needs regular
medical treatment because
of her condition and this was
a great opportunity for her to
spend time with animals she
loves.
“All the nurses are so familiar they can recognize us and
we can recognize them.”

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Boy Scouts. Application
for troop sponsored by
gay-rights centre denied
The Boy Scouts of America has
rejected an application for a
scouting troop sponsored by a
Utah gay-rights organization.
The Utah Pride Center asked
permission to start a troop for
10 middle-school-aged children
with straight troop leaders, said
executive director Valerie Larabee. Many of the boys’ parents
had left Scouts or opted not to
join because of opposition to
their long-standing policy excluding gay men and women.
New York

Archbishop says
Church should be
more open to gays
The archbishop of New York
says the Roman Catholic
Church has to make sure that
its defence of marriage is not
reduced to an attack on gays.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan
says the church could work
on being more welcoming

After spending four months
preparing a proposal to adhere
to Scouts standards, Utah Pride
Center officials said their entire
application was returned intact
four days later — including the
business cards they included.
They were told that the
mission of their organization
didn’t properly align with the
goals of Boy Scouts, said Utah
Pride Center’s director of community engagement.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

to gays and lesbians. He
added that the church tries
its “darnedest to make sure
we’re not an anti-anybody.”
Dolan made the remarks
Sunday on the ABC News
program This Week. He said
he would tell gay men and
lesbians that God loves them
and that they’re entitled
to friendship. But he says
marriage is a union between
a man and a woman “where
children can come about naturally.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Prosecutors want death
penalty for Holmes
Colorado theatre
shooting. The defence
is expected to argue
suspect is not guilty
because he was legally
insane at the time
Prosecutors on Monday said
they will seek the death penalty against the man accused in
last year’s movie-theatre attack
that killed 12, injured 70 and
spurred new gun-control laws
in Colorado.
The much-anticipated disclosure came in a court hearing
four days after prosecutors publicly rejected an offer by James
Holmes’ attorneys that would
see the former neuroscience
graduate student plead guilty
to avoid execution. Prosecutors
had said the proposal wasn’t a
valid plea-bargain offer.
The decision to seek execution will delay the start of the

trial until at least February, and
the judge acknowledged even
that might not be enough time
for all sides to prepare. The trial
had been planned to begin in
August.
“It’s my determination and
my intention that in this case
for James Eagan Holmes, justice
is death,” Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler
said at the Monday hearing. He
spoke quietly and deliberately,
without any hesitation.
There was no audible reaction from Holmes, whose parents sat side by side, clutching
hands with fingers intertwined.
They were quiet, as were
the victims in the courtroom,
when Brauchler disclosed his
decision.
Bryan Beard, whose best
friend was killed in the attack,
sat in an overflow courtroom.
“I had a huge adrenaline rush,”
he said. “I love the choice, I love
it, I love it.... I hope I’m in the
room when he dies.”
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This March 12 photo shows James Holmes, the Aurora theatre-shooting suspect,
in court during his arraignment in Centennial, Colo.
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South African police say
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Sindane made headlines
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he claimed he had been
kidnapped and enslaved
by blacks.
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Women demand release of Gitmo detainees
Yemeni women hold photos of their relatives detained in Guantanamo Bay prison during a demonstration in
front of the U.S. embassy demanding their release, in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday. Hani Mohammed/the associated press

An Afghan teenager fatally
stabbed an American soldier in
the neck as he played with children in eastern Afghanistan,
officials said Monday, as the
U.S. death toll rose sharply last
month with an uptick in fighting due to warmer weather.
Last week’s calculated attack shows that international
troops still face a myriad of
dangers even though they are
increasingly taking a back seat
in operations with Afghan
forces ahead of a full withdrawal by the end of 2014.
Just one U.S. service member was killed in February
— a five-year monthly low
— but the American death
toll climbed to at least 14 last
month.
Overall, the number of
Americans and other foreign
forces killed in Afghanistan
has fallen as their role shifts
more toward training and advising government troops instead of fighting.
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sider attacks on foreign troops
has threatened to undermine
the trust needed to help
President Hamid Karzai’s government take the lead in securing the country after more
than 11 years at war.
The attack that killed Sgt.
Michael Cable, 26, of Philpot,
Ky., last Wednesday occurred
after the soldiers had secured
an area for a meeting of U.S.
and Afghan officials in a province near the volatile border
with Pakistan.
But one of two senior U.S.
officials who confirmed that
Cable had been stabbed by a
young man said the assailant
was not believed to have been
in uniform so it was not being
classified as an insider attack.
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Dutch police spent three days
digging up a field after receiving a tip that sarin may have
been buried there, but found
no trace of the deadly nerve
agent, a prosecutor’s office
spokeswoman said Monday.
Two men and two women
have been arrested in the case
in the southern city of Maastricht on suspicion of owning
and concealing a deadly gas,
spokeswoman Cindy Reijnders
said in a telephone interview.
She said police started monitoring a man’s movements last
week after a tip and arrested
him Friday as he was about to
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Reijnders said police believe
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

India. Rapes and
murders are scaring off
foreign tourism: Study

Tourists beaten, one sexually
assaulted aboard van in Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Two arrests made after
foreigners were held in
public van for six hours

Foreign tourists offer flowers in remembrance of an Indian woman murdered
on a New Delhi bus. Manish Bhandari/The Associated Press File

The rape and murder of a
woman in New Delhi in December followed by two attacks on foreign female travellers has altered how tourists
view India and led to a sharp
fall in the number of foreign
tourists, a new study says.
In the three months since
that attack, the number of
foreign tourists has dropped
by 25 per cent, according to
the Associated Chambers of
Commerce and Industry in
New Delhi. The number of female tourists has dropped by
35 per cent.

Decrease

25%

The drop in foreigners travelling to India
in the three months since the rape and
murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus.

According to the study,
nearly 72 per cent of tour
operators said cancellations
of holiday bookings came
mostly from female tourists
from western nations.
The Associated Press

Two foreign tourists were
held for hours, brutalized
and one of them sexually
assaulted aboard a public
transport van in Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach
neighbourhood, police said
in a statement.
Two men aged 20 and 22
have been taken into custody and a third is being
sought in connection with
the incident, which saw
the tourists held for around
six hours starting shortly
after midnight on Saturday,

“The characteristics ... lead us to believe that they
wanted to have a ‘party of evil.’”
Commanding officer Alexandre Braga, who heads the Rio police unit specializing in crimes
against tourists.

A vendor sets up his stall on the first day of the 30th annual Meeting of Muslims in France, Europe’s largest Muslim
convention, on Friday in Le Bourget. Remy de la Mauviniere/The Associated Press

tion more than two centuries
ago — is unfairly crimping
their ability to express their
beliefs. They also worry that
Hollande’s government wants
to score political points.
“Islam has become a political instrument,” said Samia
Kaddour, 26, a community
activist. She has all but given
up hope for a state job but is
not yet discouraged enough to
leave.
“I’m not a foreigner. I’m
French,” she said. “I love this
country ... even if it has trouble
liking us.” The Associated Press

police said.
According to the statement, the suspects forced
other passengers to get out
of the van and then sexually
assaulted the female. During
the alleged assault, the tourists were driven to the poor
suburban neighbourhood of
Sao Goncalo, where the two
suspects were apprehended.
The victims’ nationalities
have not been released, but
local media reports have said
the woman is American. Reports said the two had been
studying Portuguese in Rio
for about a month and that
both left the country following the incident.
The statement said one
of the victims’ cellphones
was found in the suspects’
possession. The suspects had

Posited motive

France considers widening
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French President Francois Hollande wants a new law that
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French law

France bars state employees
from wearing prominent
religious symbols such as
Muslim headscarves, Jewish
skullcaps or large Christian
crosses in public schools,
welfare offices or other government facilities.
• Two years ago, France
banned Muslim veils
that cover the face from
being worn in public.

Travel destination?

The incident raises new questions about security in Rio,
which has cracked down on
once-endemic drug violence
in preparation for hosting
future events.
• Rio’s schedule. The city will
play host to World Youth
Day, a Roman Catholic pilgrimage expected to draw

also used a debit card belonging to one of the victims at
two gas stations, the statement said.
The
Globo
television
network broadcast surveillance camera images of two
men filling up the van and
showed police images of a
metal bar the suspects are
thought to have used to beat
and intimidate the victims.
The victims identified the
two suspects, and a Brazilian
woman has said she’d also
been assaulted by the pair

some 2 million people in
late July; next year’s soccer
World Cup; and the 2016
summer Olympic games.
• Statistics. In Brazil, more
than 5,300 cases of sexual
assault were reported
between January and June
2012, according to the
country’s Health Ministry.

on March 23, the statement
said.
In a Globo interview, commanding officer Alexandre
Braga, head of the Rio police
unit specializing in crimes
against tourists, said the
suspects had gone on a sex
crime spree.
“The principal motive appears to have been the satisfaction of their lust,” Braga
said, adding that the robbery
and other crimes appear to
have been “secondary.”
The Associated Press

NEWS

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Online etiquette

Website tracks
damaging tweets
What kind of tweets could get
you fired?
Well, tweeting that you
hate your job, hate your boss
and want your co-workers
killed could do the trick.
A new website tracks
people who cross the line.
The website FireMe!
(fireme.l3s.uni-hannover.de)
has developed a detection sys-

tem to measure the likelihood
of your getting fired if your
boss reads the tweet.
People’s tweets are tracked
based on four categories:
Haters, Horrible Bosses, Sexual Intercourse and Potential
Killers.
The website includes a tool
called The FireMeter!, which
determines on a percentage
basis how likely you are to get
fired.
The FireMeter! also allows
you to enter another person’s
Twitter username to see how

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jobs. They are grouped under
the category “People who
want to get fired.”
In addition, FireMe! has
compiled a leaderboard of
people saying the most offensive things.
“If you’re on the leaderboard, you definitely have
a problem,” says the site’s
developer, Eelco Herder.
Herder developed the
website “to raise awareness
about the danger of public
online data.”

exposed they are to getting
fired.
We thought we’d try
controversial Toronto mayor
Rob Ford’s FireMeter! score,
and his tweets are judged to
be clean and safe.
“Your FireMeter score is
0,” the website says of Ford’s
tweets. “You are doing a great
job keeping it to yourself!”
Others are clearly on
shakier ground.
The website shows a list of
tweets from people tweeting
about how they hate their

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Surrey, B.C., hydroponics shop
since the decision was made by
two U.S. states to legalize the
possession of marijuana.
The ballot initiatives passed
last November in Washington
and Colorado allow adults over
the age of 21 to possess up to
28 grams of marijuana.
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Prof. Stephen Easton, who
teaches economics at Simon
Fraser University, says the
company’s success could draw
the attention of competitors,
such as big-box stores — especially if the owners are seeing
large margins.
Green Planet’s owners say
it’s not about doing anything
illegal, and there’s a sign near
the store’s checkout counter
that warns customers that
they’ll be asked to leave if they
mention any illegal substances.
“We’ve never been about
doing things illegally,” said
Betts. “We’re not martyrs. We
don’t try to be radicals or rebels. We’re really about how
to garden and how to garden
efficiently.”
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Watchdog to examine
‘muzzling’ of scientists
Taxpayer-funded
research. Better access
to information needed,
advocacy group says
Federal policies that restrict
what government scientists can
say publicly about their work
are about to be put under the
microscope.
Federal Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault
has agreed to investigate how
Discontent

“We have indications
that there is very,
very broad discontent
amongst scientists
about being muzzled
and having their
research suppressed.”
Calvin Sandborn, legal director of
Victoria’s Environmental Law Centre

government communications
rules on taxpayer-funded science impact public access to
information.
Legault is responding to a
detailed complaint lodged by
the Environmental Law Centre
at the University of Victoria and
the ethics advocacy group Democracy Watch.
Their lengthy report — Muzzling Civil Servants: A Threat to
Democracy? — laid out repeated examples of taxpayer-funded science being suppressed or
limited to prepackaged media
lines across six government departments and agencies.
In a letter to the complainants, the commissioner’s office noted she is required
under the Access to Information Act to investigate any
matter related to obtaining or
requesting records.
The complaint alleges
that by keeping government
scientists from speaking out
about their work, the Conservatives are denying the
public the chance to request

Oil spill. Pegasus leak is
bad timing for Keystone
pipeline plans: Expert
A crude-oil leak from an
ExxonMobil
pipeline
in
Arkansas comes at a particularly bad time for the
Canadian company looking
to build the contentious Keystone XL pipeline through the
American heartland.
TransCanada Corp. hopes
it’s in the home stretch of a
years-long process to win U.S.
government approval for its
multibillion-dollar
project,
which has been assailed by
environmental groups for its
potential impact on everything
from freshwater sources to climate change.
The spill from ExxonMobil’s
Pegasus pipeline is likely the
last thing TransCanada needed,
with the U.S. State Department
being months away from issuing a final decision on Keystone
XL after repeated delays, said
Queen’s University professor
Warren Mabee.
“I think that just is another
set of bad publicity that Keystone is going to have to overcome,” said Mabee, director of
the Institute for Energy and
Environmental Policy at the
university in Kingston, Ont.
“As we move towards a decision, this just becomes another hurdle for a new project

Size comparison

Pegasus carries 96,000 barrels per day from Patoka, Ill.
— a major destination for
Canadian crude, including
that from the oilsands — to
the U.S. Gulf Coast.
• Keystone XL would dwarf
that in size, with an
initial capacity of
830,000 barrels per day.

to overcome — the idea that
maybe these pipelines aren’t as
safe as they’re made out to be.”
The leak from the Pegasus
pipeline in no way changes the
facts around the safety of Keystone XL, Mabee said, yet “politically, this is a big problem.”
“If it was purely down to the
facts, the decision would come
down easily on the side of the
Keystone. That project would
be approved,” Mabee said.
“If you have a president
or a State Department that is
looking for excuses to either
put this project on hold or to
justify cancelling it, this works
right into that argument, unfortunately.”
the canadian press

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records — because no one is
ever made aware they exist in
the first place.
The complaint “alleges that
the right of access to information under the act is impeded
by government policies, practices or guidelines that restrict or
prohibit government scientists
from speaking with the media
and the Canadian public,”
Legault’s office responded, saying it “falls with the scope” of
the legislative mandate.
In addition to four governQuebec resident

Missing traveller’s
friends have hope
Friends of a Quebec man
who vanished while
driving home through
Mexico’s dangerous north
say they’re confident
they’ll find him and bring
him home.
Marc Menard has not
been heard from in more
than two weeks.
The 44-year-old
husband and father was
returning to Canada after
a three-month stay in
Mexico. the canadian press
Surgery rumours

Lung live
Pope Francis
Does the pope have only
one lung?
Despite erroneous
reports that Pope Francis
has lived most of his
life with just one lung,
surgery actually removed
only the upper part of his
right lung, and his friends
and family say he remains
in good health for a
76-year-old man.
The Buenos Aires archdiocese and the Vatican
have declined to provide
medical reports on the
matter. the canadian press

ment departments and two
agencies cited in the complaint,
Legault said she will also examine the Treasury Board Secretariat “because of its role in
relation to the development
and implementation of government policies.”
Chris Tollefson, executive
director of UVic’s law centre,
said its research into suppressed science revealed the
wide scope of the practice and
how it “represents a significant
departure” in government practice over the past five to seven
years.
“It really is a core issue in
terms of the health of our democracy,” Tollefson said. “We
need to know what the best
science is as we make difficult
decisions about policy.”
Prime Minister Stephen
Harper’s government has been
accused of silencing scientists
on a number of subjects, particularly environmental science, since the Conservatives
came to power in 2006.
the canadian press

IT’S OK TO LOSE THE BOOZE
the week — a glass of wine with dinner,
“Whyyyyy aren’t you drinking?” the birthcocktails with friends after work, a couple of
day girl slurred as she glared at me from
mimosas with brunch — they start to add up.
behind her heavy mascara-coated lashes.
The recommendation for women is no more
“I’m on antibiotics,” I lied, because simply
than seven alcoholic beverages a week —for
not being in the mood wasn’t going to cut it
guys it’s double that — but how many of us
as an excuse. For this birthday-girl boozeare going over that, more often than not?
hound, it wasn’t enough to show up to the
Anytime I’ve tried to commit to a defined
party, I was expected to toast the occasion
period of sobriety, I’ve failed. Not because
with a second, third and fourth drink to
I have a “problem,” but because I tend to
show my solidarity.
give in to friends who insist I join them in
While peer-pressure-related alcohol cona glass of something or other to celebrate,
sumption might seem like an issue relegated
SHE SAYS
commiserate or simply unwind after a long
to the teenage house party and university
week. It’s not that it’s so hard to say no. It’s
campus, the social expectations surroundJessica Napier
just a lot easier to say yes. Drinking is such
ing drinking are still very much present in
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a ritualized part of social behaviour that abour post-collegiate years and beyond. There
seems to be a slew of social events that require us to indulge staining usually results in being subjected to an inquisition.
But it’s not just friends who lay on the pressure when it
in a few drinks in the name of friendship. From weddings
comes to alcohol. Joining your colleagues in knocking back
and birthday parties to bachelorette weekends, it’s difficult
a few drinks is a common expectation in many professional
to avoid the social lubricant of choice without drawing
settings. In some instances, the choice to remain sober can
attention to yourself.
leave you at a professional disadvantage. Mention that you’d
But if you keep track of those casual drinks throughout

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Morning-after reckoning

Sunday mornings are full of potential when you
don’t have to worry about hangovers and the “Who
did I drunk-text last night?” demons.
prefer to avoid the bar during a work function or networking event and it immediately sends up a red flag that you’re
not being a team player.
Raising a glass might help to elevate your social capital
among friends and colleagues, but there are countless benefits to saying no. You’ll save money, improve your health
and realize that Sunday mornings are full of potential when
you don’t have to worry about hangovers and the “Who did I
drunk-text last night?” demons.
Drinkers love company, of course, but it’s
important to remember that all the skinny-girl
margaritas in the world aren’t
going to make you a better
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Twitter may impose a limit
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that tiny bit of text can be
tedious if you’re simply
in the mood for photos of
famous people. Follow
these accounts to
simplify your gawking:
@CelebsTogether:

A steady supply of famous faces hanging out together that wisely steers clear
of paparazzi and promo shots in favour
of black-and-white surprises such as
Charlie Chaplin with Gandhi or Colonel
Sanders meeting Alice Cooper.

Welcome back to
‘Hitsville, U.S.A.’
Piano technician Billy Brasile
installs a keyboard cover on an
1877 Steinway grand piano
used by Motown greats during
the label’s 1960s heyday. The
prized Steinway, restored
thanks to Paul McCartney, was
moved back into Studio A on
Monday at what is now the

Motown Historical Museum in
Detroit, or “Hitsville, U.S.A.”
McCartney, a longtime fan of
the Motown sound who
recorded several of the label’s
songs with the Beatles, told
museum officials in 2011 that
he wanted to help with the
piano’s refurbishment after
learning the historic instrument
— used by Stevie Wonder,
Marvin Gaye and other

Motown legends — no longer
could be played.
The piano was moved to
New York for repairs, and the
work was completed last
August. In September,
McCartney and Motown
founder Berry Gordy, pictured
right, played it together at a
charitable event at Steinway
Hall in New York City.
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RE: Friend or Food? Vancouver
Humane Society Bus Ads Compare
Pups to Piglets, published April 1
As soon as I saw this bus ad, all I
wanted to do was put a giant decal
on it that said “Because Bacon.”
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laced with rarer fare such as a young
Wayne Gretzky signing autographs
while wearing a truly ghastly fur coat.

@Twisitor:

A camera in the lobby of Twitter’s San
Francisco office captures the wellcoiffed tech stars who regularly visit,
giving you a chance to put a face to the
guy using the handle you wish were
yours.

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Bears on board! Leather yoga pants!
Firms yuk it up for April Fools’ Day
Gotcha. Brands try to
flex their funny bones
with goofy mock ads
Canadian companies sought to
generate some good-natured
brand buzz Monday by releasing their 2013 April Fools’ Day
ads.
This year’s participants included WestJet, the Toronto
Transit Commission, Lululemon and Boston Pizza.
York University professor
Russell Belk says well-executed
humour can go viral and attract lots of mainstream media
attention, but warns those that
miss the mark risk offending.
He says newspapers have
run April Fools’ stories for
decades, but social media can
accelerate how widespread the
best ads are seen.
Belk points to Calgarybased WestJet, whose tonguein-cheek ads last year promoted kid-free planes. This year
the airline says it’s allowing

A video still of Lululemon’s gag ad
about a new line of leather yoga pants
and mats. YouTube Screen Grab
More April 1 fun

WestJet’s April Fools’ Day video promoted its “furry family” program, which purports to allow travelling pets of all
kinds to roam free in the cabin. YouTube Screen Grab

any kind of animal, including
bears, to roam free on board.
Meanwhile, the TTC released a video spoofing annoying things passengers do
on the subway. It promoted a
personal subway car that allows riders to apply makeup,
do personal grooming and use

seats for bags and to stretch
their legs.
Lululemon said it was introducing lululeather after partnering with local cow farmers
who feed their animals organic
grass and chia seeds. In addition to Cowabunga yoga pants,
it would also offer Moomats

Smokers can use nicotine
replacement longer: FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says smokers who are
trying to quit can safely use
over-the counter nicotine gum,
patches and lozenges for longer
than previously recommended
in a move to help millions of
Americans kick the habit.
Current labels suggest consumers stop smoking or using
other products containing
nicotine when they begin using
the products to help them quit
and that they should stop using
nicotine replacement products
after 12 weeks at most.
The federal agency said
Online travel data

By the numbers

45M

More than 45 million Americans smoke
cigarettes and about half try to quit every
year, according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.

Monday that the makers
of gum and other nicotine
replacement products can
change the labels that say not
to smoke when using the products. The FDA also said the
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companies can let consumers
know that they can use the
products for longer periods as
part of a plan to quit smoking,
as long as they are talking to
their doctor.
Nicotine
replacement
products, designed to help
people stop smoking by supplying controlled amounts
of nicotine to ease the withdrawal symptoms, were first
approved about 30 years ago
and have gone from prescription to over-the-counter within the last 17 years.
The Associated Press

Bailout deal

AmericanAirlines,
Orbitzsettlesuits

AmericanGreetings
tobetakenprivate

Cyprus gets extra
year to hit surplus

American Airlines says it
has settled lawsuits with Orbitz over the online travel
agency’s display of flights
and fares. The airline has
been fighting with Orbitz
and other firms that distribute information to travel
agents, saying it can better
tailor offers if it provides
information directly to the
agents. The Associated Press

American Greetings has
agreed to be taken private
by a group led by some of
its top executives in a deal
that values the company
at about $580 million US.
In addition to its namesake brand, American
Greetings Corp. also owns
Carlton Cards, Recycled
Paper Greetings and Papyrus. The Associated Press

Cyprus’ government
spokesman says the country
has been granted an extra
year — until 2017 — to
achieve a targeted budget
surplus of four per cent as
part of negotiations with
international lenders for
a rescue package. Government negotiators still hope
to extend that by a further
year. The Associated Press

for exercise at $208 apiece.
Boston Pizza said it was
banning all buns and replacing
them with new uses for pizza
dough. Several ads on You
Tube said it was adding to its
menu pizza salad, pizza beer,
and pizza cake.
The Canadian Press

• Scores of businesses in
Britain and the U.S. have
also issued April 1 news
releases or videos.
• Google videos promoted
new services such as
Google Nose, which lets
users scan the web for
smells, and a new feature
on Google Maps that allows people to search for
pirate treasure.

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New Delhi

India’s top court
issues landmark
drug ruling
India’s Supreme Court
on Monday rejected drug
maker Novartis AG’s attempt to patent an updated
version of a cancer drug in
a landmark decision that
health activists say ensures
poor patients around the
world will get continued
access to cheap versions of
lifesaving medicines.
The Associated Press

From feeling unconﬁdent to wanting to
look our best on your wedding day, ﬁrst
date or class reunion, many of has have experienced those moments when we’re just
not pleased with our teeth. But thanks to
an ever-growing choice of teeth whitening
products, you can be prouder of your smile
and more conﬁdent about your appearance.

Over time, our teeth can become discoloured due to the natural aging process
and the things we consume, including coffee, tea, red wine, blueberries, etc. Medications can also be to blame, for example,
people who took tetracycline as part of their
acne treatment. Whatever the cause, it’s
time to banish the less-than-white smile.

Your smile is usually the ﬁrst thing
people notice about you. Shiny, white
teeth are indicative of someone who
takes pride in his or her appearance.
Not surprisingly, a white smile can speak
volumes a job interview, where interviewers can been wowed by a lot more than
a great resume.

Did you know that a whiter smile can
make you feel and look more attractive
to the opposite sex? According to a study
by the American Academy of Cosmetic
Dentistry, 96 per cent of respondents feel
that having bright white teeth makes you
more attractive to the opposite sex.
Even though you might not be destined

for Hollywood, a set of whiter teeth
can make you feel like a star. True,
your next starring role might be in
a graduation picture or next your
holiday party, but even so,
a brighter smile can make
all he difference in
the world.

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TAKE CARE OF THAT SMILE FOR OVERALL HEALTH
THE BENEFITS OF POWER VS. MANUAL BRUSHING
Although manual toothbrushes have become signiﬁcantly more advanced over the
years, many people have opted to trade in
their classic brushes for powered ones. Why
go for the power? In addition to the obvious
answer that the brush does most of the work
for you, here are a few other advantages:
• Gives you a better overall cleaning –
The heads of electric toothbrushes are
designed to rotate and whirl in ways that
remove plaque from your teeth better and
more quickly than manual ones. Power
brushes also penetrate under the gum line
which is helpful in reducing gingivitis.
• Is easier to handle and to hold –
Larger, ergonomically designed handles
make brushes easier to grip — a valuable
feature for people who have arthritis, dexterity issues or
carpal tunnel syndrome.

• Makes you brush for the right amount
of time – Built-in timers let you know
when you’ve brushed for two minutes
(the time recommended by the Canadian
Dental Association).
• Prevents over-brushing – Pressure
sensors indicate if you’re brushing
too hard. Over-brushing can lead to
tooth sensitivity and receding gums
• Provides a greener alternative –
With electric brushes, you only
need o replace the head once every
three months instead of the
entire brush.

• Offers other convenient features: Some
electric brushes make the tooth brushing
time even easier for you by automatically dispensing toothpaste for you. The
one complaint you might hear about the
power toothbrush is that it’s
more expensive than a
manual toothbrush.

True, but isn’t your long term
oral health and wellbeing worth
it?

REASONS WHY
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If you are thinking about whiter shade
of white, there are a few options
available, ranging in price from less
han $20 up to about $2, 000.

Going to a professional

DID YOU KNOW THAT A
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A WHITER SMILE FOR
SPECIAL OCCASIONS

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Whether you’re about to walk down the
aisle, getting ready for your high school
prom, preparing for your ﬁrst real job
interview, or some other major event,
there’s one look that suits every occasion
— whiter smile.

A dental professional cleans and removes
of any plaque along your gum line. Once
this is done, a peroxide-based gel is applied
to your teeth followed by a special light
that activates the gel. The process usually
takes about an hour, and can whiten teeth
several shades. The cost can range from
$300 to $2,000 depending on the system,
the technology, and the effort requied to
achieve desired results.

Tailored whitening kits

Using impressions of your teeth the dental
professional creates a tailored whitening
tray and provides a peroxide-based teeth
whitening gel to be used with the tray.

Some can be
worn at night, others
during the day. Trays should
be worn daily for optimal results.
Customized trays can cost anywhere
from $100 to $800.

Over-the-counter options

If you’re watching your budget or
don’t have the time to visit your
dentist you might want to try overthe-counter products like strips
for whitening. You’ll ﬁnd these
products at pharmacies, and
drug and grocery stores where
they range in price from $15 to
$60. Although they do not offer
the same whitening power as
professional at-home bleaching
kits, these products do produce
noticeable results.
An important thing to remember
is that the level of whiteness will
vary among individuals. What
works for a friend might not work
for you. Talk to your dental professional to see if you’re a good
candidate for teeth whitening.

Consider dental ﬂoss one half of a
powerful plaque-ﬁghting duo that also
includes the trusted toothbrush. If you
think ﬂossing doesn’t need to be part of
your daily oral health routine, here are
six reasons to help change your mind.

The End of Time
Director. Peter Mettler
Stars. Richie Hawtin,
Peter Mettler

•••••
Does it really matter what
time it is? The End of Time
artfully explores the human
construct of hours, minutes
and days, arguing that nature doesn’t need watches,
clocks and calendars. The
poetic lens of Toronto
cinematographer/director
Peter Mettler has previously inquired into such
elusive subjects as personal
fulfillment (Gambling, Gods
and LSD) and the Northern
Lights (Picture of Light).
Now Mettler is after his
most elusive prey yet: the
very human concept of how
we track our very existence.
Following a global path that
leads him from proto-astronaut Joseph Kittinger to
proton-smashing physicists
at CERN’s Large Hadron
Collider in Geneva, Switzerland, and from a Hawaiian
lava watcher to Henry
Ford’s defunct Detroit assembly line, Mettler makes
a profound statement on
what makes all of us tick.

•••••
The drained gangsters of
Andrew Dominik’s Killing
Them Softly drink to excess
and whore around, but
achieve little satisfaction.
Business has been bad
lately. It’s the fall of 2008 in
post-Katrina New Orleans,
and despite constant chatter about “the American
promise” from presidential
candidate Barack Obama,
few people dream big. Mob
hit man Jackie Cogan (Brad
Pitt) is disgusted by what
he sees. There are elements
of Scorsese’s grime and
Tarantino’s wit in Killing
Them Softly, but writer/
director Dominik has his
own methods. He’s brilliant
at using atmosphere and
attitude. PETER HOWELL

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Dwayne Johnson, at
your franchise service
Role play. The man
formerly known as
The Rock talks about
being Franchise Viagra
and where he’d fit in
some of Hollywood’s
most epic series
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Metro World News in Hollywood

The last time we spoke to
Dwayne Johnson, he said
he’d earned the nickname
“Franchise Viagra” because
of his knack for injecting
energy into lagging movie
properties like the Fast and
Furious and Journey to the
Center of the Earth series.
He’s at it again with
G.I. Joe: Retaliation, grabbing the alpha position
from Channing Tatum to
lead America’s coolest covert military force. So we
thought we’d see how Johnson could be deployed for
other famous franchises
— some struggling, some
not. To our delight, he gave
the assignment a lot of
thought.
“You’ve got to give it
thought because all these
franchises are so beloved,
and all of them have their
own built-in mythology and
affinity that’s global, which
makes it very special,” Johnson says.
“And it reminds me of
when we were kids, how
cool and fun big Hollywood
movies can be.”
With that in mind, here
are his ideas:
Star Wars
“What is the cross between
a Sith and a Jedi? I don’t
know. Is there something
in between that has a bit
more neutrality, who vacillates between both sides?
Kind of like a grey area,
possibly. Being such a big
fan of Star Wars and the
mythology of Star Wars, my
inner boy, my inner geek
— which is a big geek, by
the way — embodies both
sides. So back when I was
eight years old I was both.
And I don’t know what
that’s called. What would
that be?”
Star Trek
“My gut tells me we would

Dwayne Johnson, left, is busy kicking ass in G.I. Joe Retaliation, which opened last Friday. HANDOUT

have to create a character
that puts not only the Enterprise but the entire (Federation) at risk in terms of
destruction by one man.
That’s where I feel like we
should go with that. And I
love Star Trek, by the way,
but it feels like that. That’s
heavy, right?”
Indiana Jones
“That’s tough. I love George
Lucas, obviously. I love Harrison (Ford). OK, I hunt him
down. I hunt Indiana Jones
down. When I hunt him
down, there’s a plot twist in
there somehow where I then
become the hero (laughs).
And I share the hero mantle
of Indiana Jones with Harrison Ford. Yes. Because of my
eight-year-old inner-geek.”
Twilight
“All hypothetical, right? All
hypothetical. Because this
is not now saying that The
Rock wants to be in Twilight (laughs). In steps the
most manliest, toughest
son-of-a-bitch of a vampire
the world has ever seen.
He grabs Kristen Stewart,
pushes aside Pattinson and
quietly yet firmly says, ‘We
are now doing away with

Forget CGI, all Dwayne Johnson needs is some green paint to become
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our boyhood ways.’ Hypothetically.”
American Pie
“Wow. Wow, I would say...
I have no idea where I
would fit in that. No clue,
no clue.”
Avengers
“I got it. I think I got it.
I’m going to show you
something right now (pulls

out his phone). It is a great
question to end on, because
I have been thinking about
this for some time. Sometimes there are moments
in life where there are no
words. This is one of those
moments. And this is who
I should be in the next
Avengers (shows photo of
himself dressed up as the
Hulk for Halloween) No
more CGI, just me.”

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DISH

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METRO DISH
OUR TAKE ON THE WORLD OF CELEBRITIES
The Word

Amanda Bynes

Bynes unleashes Twitter
barrage at former flames
Amanda Bynes continues to
utilize her Twitter account
to vent — and make her
friends and family worry
about her mental wellbeing. This weekend, Bynes
posted a bizarre tirade of
tweets aimed at her “exes,”
though she didn’t name

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Substance addiction
lands Glee’s leading
man in rehab
Glee star Cory Monteith has
checked himself into rehab,
according to Us Weekly.
“Cory Monteith has voluntarily admitted himself
into a treatment facility for
substance addiction,” his
rep says in a statement. “He
graciously asks for your respect and privacy as he takes
the necessary steps towards
recovery.” While it isn’t clear
what substances exactly
Monteith is looking for help

avoiding, he has opened up
about his drug use in the
past, telling Parade magazine
in 2011 that he used to do
“anything and everything,
as much as possible. I had
a serious problem.” The
latest rehab stint has caught
friends and family off-guard.
“This is a total surprise,”
a source tells the magazine. “He has always been
very honest about how he
struggled.”

Shain Gandee has died at age 21. AMY SUSSMAN / INVISION/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Buckwild star
Shain Gandee
found dead
THE
WORD

Dorothy Robinson
scene@metronews.ca

Shain Gandee, the former
trash collector who found
fame as the star of new
MTV reality hit Buckwild,
was found dead yesterday
along with his uncle and

an unidentified person in
a vehicle in West Virginia
Monday morning.
According to police officials, the vehicle was
discovered at 11:30 a.m.
Monday by a person on a
four-wheeler, hours after
Gandee and his group was
reported missing. MTV released a statement about
the situation.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with them,” the
network said about the
Gandee family, adding that
Shain “touched everyone
he met and we will miss
him dearly.”

names. “When you write
me on Twitter and I ignore
you, it’s because I plan on
ignoring you on Twitter
and in life forever,” she
wrote, along with, “If you
were hot, I’d be so into you.
Dedicated to my exes still
tryna holla.”

Twitter
@JonahHill
•••••
You guys ever have such an intense sex dream
about Mr. Belvedere that you wake up screaming?
Me neither! That would be so weird, right?!
@JuddApatow
•••••
I am worried about Beiber. He has a monkey now. I
am not joking. This is headed to a bad place. He follows the path of generic disaster.
@pattonoswalt
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Peter Dinklage is the Dowager Countess of Westeros. #GameofThrones
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WELLNESS

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

LIFE

We’re just big bags of icky
stuff, and other science facts
New book. Author of
Gulp: Adventures on the
Alimentary Canal takes
on the gloppy, sticky
part of digestion
SHAUN
BRADY

Metro World News

Mary Roach built her career
on exploring aspects of the
human body that go overlooked by most writers.
In most cases, an interview subject suffering from
a bad cough wouldn’t be an
ideal situation.
But it’s oddly appropriate when the subject is Mary
Roach, who can excuse herself with, “Speaking of mucoid substances, I’m launching some of them into your
ear right now.”
Roach has built her career
on her delight in probing aspects of the science of the human body that most people
would rather just ignore. In
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, she followed
the body through its many
strange post-mortem pathways; in Packing For Mars,
she uncovered the less glorified side of the space program
through zero-gravity toilets
and long-term bed rest.
In her latest, Gulp: Adven-

Chow down

“Once you take food off
the table and put it into
your body, it becomes
an object of revulsion.”
“It was the last taboo that I haven’t covered,” Roach says of her latest endeavour. CHRIS HARDY

tures on the Alimentary Canal, Roach trains her sardonic,
steel-stomached curiosity on
the science of eating and digestion, finding laboratories
where pet food is taste-tested,
windows are opened onto a
human stomach (literally),
and those aforementioned
mucoid substances are gathered and examined.
“It was the last taboo that

I haven’t covered,” Roach says
of her latest endeavor.
“Once you take food off
the table and put it into your
body, it becomes an object
of revulsion. People get very
flipped-out and disgusted,
so it’s yet another topic that
I thought it would be fun to
pull apart and explore.”
As with Bonk, her book
about the science of sex,

Roach is particularly fascinated by the way in which subjects that give us such pleasure have so many aspects we
find utterly repulsive.
“We have a little bit of disgust for all of our biological
processes,” she says. “I don’t
think that eating is unique in
that way — if you strip away
love and lust and all the higher trappings of sex and you

Author Mary Roach
Talking about what you can find in her new
book Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary
Canal

just take it down to what the
bodies are doing and the substances involved, it becomes
icky. Any time you peel away
the skin and reveal the fact
that we’re just big bags of digesting, secreting, pumping,
gloppy, sticky, icky stuff, it’s
upsetting.”

wellness

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23

Best Health

Spicing up
your healthy
living
Best Health
minute

SPRING
SPECIAL EDITION

Bonnie Munday
Editor-in-chief
Best Health Magazine

There’s no need to shake on
extra salt if you have spices
as a pantry staple. There are
countless health benefits,
and in the latest issue of
Best Health, freelancer
Margaret Nearing looked at
some of the most powerful
spices.
Turmeric
The yellow pigment in
turmeric comes from a component called curcumin,
and it could reduce the pain
of tendinitis, an inflammation of the tissue connecting
muscle to bone. Turmeric
could also help prevent
breast cancer by inhibiting
growth of the cells that fuel
tumour growth.
Black pepper
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obesity-related diseases.
Coriander seed
Researchers studied the
ability of coriander seed oil
to kill strains of bacteria
including food-borne E.
coli and salmonella. They
found the oil damages the

membrane around bacteria
cells, leading to the cell’s
death. The researchers see
coriander oil as a future
food additive.

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Scientists at the University
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the rice, stirring constantly,
for 2 minutes. Add wine and
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Pressure cookers can be intimidating. They seem fussy — and
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2.

Add broth and pinch each
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Stir until mix comes to a simmer, then lock on pressure
cooker’s lid. Set timer, 9 minutes. Bring cooker up to full
pressure, then reduce heat
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Easter is over and you are
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With asparagus season upon
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At the store, asparagus should
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Size-wise, go for the thicker guys.
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Ingredients
• Kosher Salt and ground black
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• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 1/2 tsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/2 lb asparagus, tough
stems trimmed and discarded
(peeled if thicker than 1/3
inch)
• 1 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves
• 4 oz firm white button mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 1/3 cup pistachios or
chopped toasted walnuts
• 1 oz shaved ParmigianoReggiano cheese

This recipe serves four. matthew mead/ the associated press

they’re absolutely delicious.
Just be sure to purchase only
the firmest, whitest, tightest
specimens.
You’ll also toss in fresh flatleaf parsley, and not merely as
a garnish, but as a full partner
to the other ingredients.
Lastly, we have pistachio
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boon to the diet-conscious.
Of course, you could swap
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1.

In a large bowl, combine
a hefty pinch of salt, some

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Real housewife of New Jersey
tells it like it is in new book
Straight shooter.
Caroline Manzo talks
about her book, family
life and reality TV

For all the table-flipping, namecalling and screaming on
Bravo’s The Real Housewives
of New Jersey, there is a voice
of reason among the cast. That
belongs to Caroline Manzo, a
straight shooter, happily married mother of three grown
children.
Manzo can get worked up
on the show, and she certainly
holds her own in a battle, but
for the most part, she seems
irritated, if not bored, by the
drama among her cast mates.
One thing is evident ­— when
Manzo speaks, everyone listens.
The 51-year-old reality
star has expanded on her nononsense approach to life
with a new book, Let Me Tell
You Something: Life as a Real
Housewife, Tough-Love Moth-

er, and Street-Smart Businesswoman, written with Kevin
Dickson and published by It
Books.
Why did you decide to write
a book?
I got the idea from the viewers. They ask me the same
questions over and over again,
and it’s, “How do you manage
to have three great children?
How do you manage to have
a close family, long marriage,
happy marriage, backbone?
How is it being in the public
eye?” ... All I can say is what
I’ve done in my life and that
for me was the best way to
answer the questions, through
little anecdotes about my life.
You can tell on the show that
you’re very close with your
family. Did you notice right
away that people were very
interested in knowing how
you achieved that?
To this very moment I’m
puzzled by the reaction to me
and my family because I’m
finding more and more that

people find it unusual and it
should be normal and that’s
what puzzles me. Why am I
unusual? Why is my bond with
my children abnormal? And
that’s what I find interesting.
This book isn’t a tell-all.
Did some people think you
should make it one?
There are some people along
the way that said, “It would
sell more copies.” Well, that to
me is not success. I want the
book to sell because people
want to hear what I had to
say about things and are truly
interested in learning about
me and my family and the process of being on Housewives,
which I talk about. I don’t bash
anyone. I tell little behind-thescenes anecdotes about Housewives. To say that something
is a success because you were
negative about somebody is
not the way I operate.
Do you feel you’ve learned
anything about yourself
watching yourself on TV?
The greatest gift in the world

Dead or alive, for
some celebrities
fame just sticks
Reality TV stars may come and
go, but a new study suggests
true fame is enduring.
The research finds that
people who achieve real celebrity remain famous for years,
making frequent appearances
in newspapers over periods of
decades. The work bucks the
widely held notion that fame
is ephemeral, a belief held both
by average individuals and by
those who study the sociology
of fame.
Eran Shor is an assistant
professor of sociology at McGill University and is one of
the authors of the study, which
is published in the American
Sociological Review.
He and his co-authors used
large collections of newspaper
archives that spanned decades
to study the issue, looking at
people in sports and politics
and the field where fame is
thought to be most fleeting —
entertainment.
They found that even a dead
celebrity like the eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes con-

tinues to feature in news articles long after his death.
“The large, large, large majority of people who get famous
stay famous. For a long time.
How long, it depends on how
famous they got,” Shor says.
Shor undertook the work
with two colleagues from Stony
Brook University, along with a
software engineer from Google.
This portion of their ongoing work looks at figures in
entertainment.
From a list of tens of millions of names that appeared
in the entertainment sections
of more than 2,000 newspapers
between 2004 and 2009, a random sample of 100,000 names
was drawn.
The names were then analyzed to see which appeared
most often, with the top 10
from the sample selected for
study. And then those names
were tracked to see if people
who were frequently written
about for one year had sustained fame.
The top 10 were actors Jamie

Stuck in my head

“We’re basically coming
out and saying not only
is fame not (fleeting),
it’s extremely sticky.”
Eran Shor, assistant professor of sociology
at McGill University

Foxx, Bill Murray, Natalie Portman, Tommy Lee Jones, Naomi
Watts, John Malkovich, Adrien Brody and Steve Buscemi.
Rounding out the group were
music producer (and convicted
murderer) Phil Spector and the
late inventor and billionaire
Howard Hughes.
“Here’s a group of people
that are fairly famous, but
perhaps not the most famous
of them all — and all of them
stick. All of them stay around
from year to year. We know
who they are, the papers keep
writing about them, they stay
in some kind of a celebrity
(mode). They didn’t go away.”
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is to see yourself on reality
TV. Everybody says, “Oh, gee,
I hate my voice! Oh my God,
I’m so fat!” You know, beyond
that, you learn tolerance and
acceptance and things like
that and you learn to look at
yourself and say, “Gee, I could
fix that about myself because
it’s just not cool.” So sure, I’ve
had a lot of lessons throughout the five years of being on
television and in the public
eye. And I’m grateful for it. You
know, there were moments
that I wanted to crawl under
the covers and just die, but you
know, so what? OK, I’m still
here, it’s OK.
Viewers who watch The Real
Housewives think they know
you because it’s a reality
show. Do they really?
I would say the viewers have a
pretty good handle of who we
are as people. However, you
don’t know all sides of us. We
are each multifaceted individuals, so you see one angle of
us, you don’t see everything.
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YOUR MONEY

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

One small business,
and one giant step for
youth employment
Your
money

Alison Griffiths
money@metronews.ca

Take an innovative restaurant
in Toronto called The Depanneur, add in a guest program
for young chefs-in-the-making,
stir, season and serve up a
dish that helps solve youth unemployment.
OK, maybe I’m stretching
it a bit, but owner Len Senater
is using his business to help
young chefs, such as my daughter and recent graduate, Quinn
Cruise, get started.
Recently,
she
created
Japanese Hambaagu, a sushi
rice bowl topped with sliderlike Asian meatballs, creamy
mushrooms, a fried egg, edamame and a side of Japanese
pickle. Drooling yet?
The guest chef develops a
dish, pays for the ingredients
and keeps a portion of the take.
Supported by a volunteer
sous-chef, well-known vegan
and raw chef, Mary Hulbert,
Quinn cooked up a storm and
pocketed $175 before expenses.
This isn’t just a make-work
program. If every business were
as creative as Senater’s, un-

employed or underemployed
youth would have the opportunity to demonstrate their
skills in the marketplace.
This very small business
(affectionately called The Dep)
offers up to 150 young chefs a
shot annually. Multiply this by
giant, mid-size and small enterprises across the country and
Canada could develop a concerted effort to provide work
experience for the young.
And benefits accrue to the
host. “It’s also inherently viral,”
Senater points out. “Each new
chef brings friends and family
to their events, introducing the
Dep to way more people than I
could on my own.”
Many businesses have
internships, but it’s so random
that finding them can be difficult. In contrast, a nation-wide
program, including a central
database, to help youth find job
experience would not only be a
productivity boost, but would
pay forward into the impending employee shortage when
the baby boomers finally retire.
Even better, a percentage of
these positions should be earmarked for those with disabilities. Among this group the unemployment rate hovers in the
60 per cent or greater range.
My job-seeking daughter is deaf

Debt payments. Four
credit score myths busted

Seperate the credit score myths from the facts. News canada

Your credit score is a threedigit number ranging from
300 to 900 that tells future
lenders how risky it is to lend
you money based on your history of making debt payments.
There are many misconceptions about what it takes
to keep your score high. We
asked Henrietta Ross, the CEO
of the Canadian Association of
Credit (CACCS) to help us sort
fact from fiction:

Quinn Cruise in the kitchen of The Dep. Contributed

one day.”
and part of that statistic.
It all adds up to
“This experience really
showed that I don’t need hear- a win-win in my
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Myth 1
You must use major credit
cards to build a good score.
Truth
If you’re unable to obtain a major credit card, there are other
ways to build your credit history. Making regular payments
on instalment loans such as a
car lease can positively affect
your score, as do departmentstore cards and secure credit
cards, which require a cash
deposit in the amount of the
credit limit.
Myth 2
You can’t make up for mistakes such as late payments.
Truth
It takes time, but your credit
will become positive as you

build consistency with timely
payments, Ross says. How
much time it will take depends
on a number of factors, including how long the late payment
has been on your record and
how long you’ve had the debt.
Myth 3
Paying cash boosts your score.
Truth
You need to use credit in order
to demonstrate your ability to
make payments. Using credit
at least once every 30 days and
making payments on time will
keep you in good standing,
says Ross.
Myth 4
I will not qualify for a mortgage if I’ve had a poor credit
score.
Truth
Lenders look at your entire financial picture, including your
assets, available cash flow and
debt-to-income ratio. They’ll
also review your housing expense-to-income ratio, which
is a comparison of your expected monthly mortgage payment with your gross monthly
income. For more information
on buying a home please visit,
genworth.ca NEWS CANADA

*Based on $12,200 fixed rate loan at 8% per annum with a 26 month amortization. Savings example is calculated by consolidating credit card balances of $3200 @ 19% per annum with monthly payment of $150/month, and $1000 @ 25% per annum with monthly payment of $100 and loan of $8000 with 3 year term @ 9% per
annum with monthly payment of $265/month. The interest rate is subject to change at any time without notice. The rate is used for illustrative purposes. Personal Lending products and residential mortgages are offered by Royal Bank of Canada and are subject to its standard lending criteria. ®/™ Trademark(s) of Royal Bank of
Canada. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada.

SPORTS

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MLB

Red Sox rout
Jeter-less
Yankees 8-2

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NHL

Crosby, Subban,
Bobrovsky earn
March stars
Sidney Crosby’s broken
jaw was the unfortunate
end of a spectacular
month.
The NHL named
Crosby the first star for the
month after the Penguins
captain’s 25 points in 15
games helped Pittsburgh
go undefeated in March.
Montreal defenceman
P.K. Subban was named
second star, while Columbus goaltender Sergei
Bobrovsky took third star.
In weekly award winners, Toronto forward Joffrey Lupul was named first
star, followed by San Jose
goaltender Antti Niemi and
Edmonton forward Taylor
Hall. THE CANADIAN PRESS

NHL. Edmonton boosts
playoff chances with
fourth consecutive win
Justin Schultz had a goal and
two assists as the Edmonton
Oilers continued their march
toward a playoff spot by winning their fourth in a row, 4-1
over the Calgary Flames on
Monday.
Taylor Hall, Ryan Jones and
Nail Yakupov also scored for the
Oilers (15-13-7) who have gone
7-2-2 in their last 11 games.

On Monday

4

1

Oilers

Flames

With the win, the Oilers
kept pace in the tight Western
Conference playoff race, sitting
in a tie with Columbus, one
point back of the eighth-place
St. Louis Blues.
Brian McGratton replied for
the Flames (13-17-4), who were

likely rattled as defenceman Jay
Bouwmeester was traded to St.
Louis shortly before the contest
in what looks like a fire sale in
Calgary.
Edmonton struck first just
before the four-minute mark
of the opening period when
the rookie Schultz was able to
beat Calgary goalie Miikka Kiprusoff.
Then midway through the
first period Hall froze Kiprusoff
with a backhanded goal.
The Oilers went up 3-0 with
three-and-a-half minutes to play
in the first as Jones muscled in a
one-handed backhand shot that

somehow got past Kiprusoff,
who was then pulled in favour
of backup Joey MacDonald.
The Oilers put the game
away for good midway through
the third as MacDonald got a
piece of a Yakupov shot from
the slot, only to see it dribble in
behind him.
Calgary spoiled Devan Dubnyk’s hopes of earning a second
consecutive shutout with just
1:32 left as McGrattan scored.
Dubnyk made 33 saves in the
game.
The two teams play a rematch in Calgary on Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Dickey ready to deliver under the dome

Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia talks with R.A.Dickey during a team workout
on Monday at Rogers Centre. DAVID COOPER/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

While some baseball traditionalists decry the roof and
artificial turf at Rogers Centre,
R.A. Dickey sees a controlled
environment and smiles.
Life under the dome has
been good for the knuckleballer.
“The climate’s not an
issue. You don’t have to
worry about wind gusts. You
don’t have to worry about
rain and moisture,” said the
38-year-old right-hander, who
opens for the Toronto Blue
Jays against Justin Masterson

and the Cleveland Indians on
Tuesday.
“It’s usually a constant
temperature. The grass usually is the same — especially
here,” he added with a grin.
That’s the simple answer.

Like most things, Dickey has
thought through the issue.
“In domes, a lot of times
it depends on how much humidity gets inside,” he adds,
getting into the topic.
If the roof is left open on
a hot day and then closed
just before game time, the
humidity is trapped inside
without much circulation, he
explained.
“It’s hard to throw a
knuckleball in that environment,” he said.
THE CANADIAN PRESS

SPORTS

Pitcher Jon Lester and
the Boston Red Sox got
off to a quick start after
a dreadful 2012 season,
giving new manager John
Farrell an 8-2 win over the
barely recognizable New
York Yankees, whose star
Derek Jeter is out with a
sore ankle, on opening
day Monday.
Newcomer Shane
Victorino led a revamped
Red Sox lineup with three
RBIs and rookie Jackie
Bradley Jr. walked three
times and scored twice
in his big-league debut.
Boston’s big day against
CC Sabathia (0-1) came a
year after it lost its first
three games under Bobby
Valentine and went on to
a 69-93 finish.

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Should they stay or
should they go?

2

Kazakhstan

Pro hockey player
dies after taking
head shot in game
A player in the Kazakhstani hockey league has
died, several days after
receiving a violent hit
to the head during a
playoff game.
Dmitri Uchaykin, a
Russian forward for the
Ertis Pavlodar club, was
32. His club announced
the death on its website,
but did not give further
details.
Uchaykin took a
hard hit from Arystan
forward Donatas Kumeliuskas during their game,
but Russia’s Sovetsky
Sport said the player left
the ice on his own and
drove home after the
game.
It said he lost
consciousness the next
day and was rushed to
hospital, where he died
of a stroke early on
Sunday.
Uchaykin had spent
most of his career with
Russian club Amur.

After the Flames sent Jarome Iginla to the Pens, three other NHL stars
could be on the move ahead of Wednesday’s trade deadline
The Canadian Press
Photos by Getty Images

1 3
Jaromir Jagr

Roberto Luongo

It’s a surprise to many
that Luongo is still with
the Canucks as a wellpaid backup goaltender.
While the rumours
continue to swirl, the
asking price just seems
too high. Few teams
are in need of a veteran
with $47 million left on
a contract that doesn’t
end until 2022.

The Stars picked up the
41-year-old forward in the
off-season and signed him
to a one-year deal worth
$4.55 million.
He has been a top
scorer on the team but it
seems unlikely he’ll stick
around for too long no
matter what Dallas does
this season.

Mike Ribeiro

Ribeiro, who will be an
unrestricted free agent
this summer, was picked
up by the Capitals to add
punch to their second
line and he has delivered
by becoming one of the
team’s top scorers.
Ribeiro and the Caps
are reportedly trying to
hammer out an extension before the deadline.

Calderon triumphs in T.O.
Jose Calderon salutes the crowd after the Detroit Pistons’ game against
the Raptors on Monday night in Toronto. Calderon had 19 points and nine
assists as the Pistons won 99-92 in the Spanish point guard’s first trip back
to Toronto since a January trade. Richard Lautens/Torstar News Service

“Just seconds after I launch the app it’s
ready for offline reading. Great app
for when I’m on the subway!”
– OL

The associated press

Minnesota
Vancouver
Edmonton
Calgary
Colorado

GP
35
35
35
34
35

W
21
19
15
13
12

L
12
10
13
17
19

OL
2
6
7
4
4

GF GA Pt
98 90 44
92 90 44
91 96 37
94 118 30
86 111 28

W
24
20
17
16
14

L
7
12
11
16
15

OL
5
3
6
3
6

GF GA Pt
111 90 53
103 88 43
85 84 40
94 107 35
94 101 34

PACIFIC DIVISION
GA
110
101
101
103
125

Pt
38
34
34
31
28

Anaheim
Los Angeles
San Jose
Dallas
Phoenix

GP
36
35
34
35
35

Note: A team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the
team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OL (other loss) column.

Sept. 24 - Oct. 23
Go your own way, do your own
thing today and don’t worry
what others think of it. Every
now and again you need to get
away from the crowd, and this is
one of those times.

March 21 - April 20
What would you do if you
knew all things were possible?
So do it. Cosmic activity is so
much in your favour at the
moment that anything you try
this week will work out well,
maybe even spectacularly.

Scorpio

Taurus

Oct. 24 - Nov. 22
You may not be looking
forward to a new responsibility
but neither should you be
facing it with so much anxiety.
The worst rarely happens and
once you get in the swing of
things, you’ll sail through.

April 21 - May 21
The more you push, the more
others will resist you and the
more frustrated you will get.
Maybe you should take the
hint and stop trying so hard.
Everything will work out for
the best.

Sagittarius

Gemini

Nov. 23 - Dec. 21
Aim to be the best at what you
do, today and every day. You’ve
had your five per cent
inspiration, now you need to
start building up perspiration
— that’s the other 95 per cent.

May 22 - June 21
The thing you most need to
remember today is that other
people need you more than
you need them. Maybe you
should find a way to remind
them how much they struggle
when you’re not around.

Capricorn

Dec. 22 - Jan. 20
This may be one of those days
when everything you say is
taken the wrong way. Be that
as it may, you must not stop
talking. You have a message to
get across and the world
needs to hear it.

Cancer

June 22 - July 23
So you crave fame and fortune?
There’s a downside: loss of
privacy and everything that
goes with it. You don’t care and
you still want it? OK, now’s the
time to make your move.

Aquarius

Leo

Jan. 21 - Feb. 19
You may be dealing with a
number of serious things but
you are still allowed to have
fun. Make time in your busy
schedule to visit a friend who
needs cheering up. It will
cheer you up too.

July 24 - Aug. 23
Is there a belief or code of conduct that guides your actions?
Is it living up to what you
expected of it? If not, now is a
good time to think in different
directions. There are many
paths to the ultimate goal.

How to play
Fill in the grid, so that every
row, every column and
every 3x3 box contains the
digits 1-9. There is no math
involved.

Feb. 20 - March 20
You may not be the most
practical member of the
zodiac but you know what
you like and you know how to
get it. You also know that you
should never let a good
opportunity slip away, so get
busy. SALLY BROMPTON

Aug. 24 - Sept. 23
This may be a serious time for
you but it’s by no means
unfavourable. In fact, you will
find over the next 24 hours
that business and financial
matters go exceedingly well.
No, really, there’s no catch.
Weather